Summer Breeze Open Air
GenreHeavy metal, extreme metal, hardcore punk
DatesSummer
Location(s)Dinkelsbühl, Germany
Years active1997–present
Websitewww.summer-breeze.de

Summer Breeze Open Air is an annual German heavy metal music festival. It was first held in 1997. The festival had been held in Abtsgmünd until 2006 when it was moved to its new location of Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria. The festival draws around 40,000 attendees annually.

Steel Panther live at Summer Breeze 2016
Evil Invaders live at Summer Breeze 2016

Lineup history

2004

Summer Breeze Open Air 2004 was held from Thursday, 19 August to Saturday, 21 August.[1]

Lineup
Thursday Friday Saturday

2005

Summer Breeze Open Air 2005 was held from Thursday, 18 August to Saturday, 20 August.[2]

Main Stage
Thursday Friday Saturday
Pain Stage
Thursday Friday Saturday

2006

Summer Breeze Open Air 2006 was held from Thursday, 17 August to Saturday, 19 August.[3]

Main Stage
Thursday Friday Saturday
Pain Stage
Thursday Friday Saturday

2007

16 – 18 August 2007

Absolute – After Forever – Amon Amarth – Black Messiah – Blitzkid[4][5] — Bolt Thrower – Caliban — Communic – Crematory – Dagoba – Dark Fortress – Dark Funeral – Dark Tranquillity – Deadlock – Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Disillusion – Dornenreich – Doro – Eisbrecher – End of Green – Eluveitie – Before the Dawn — Fall of Serenity – Fear My Thoughts – Finntroll – Hardcore Superstar – Helrunar – Hevein – Illdisposed – Immolation – Impious – In Extremo – Justice – Karakadan – Koldbrann – Krypteria – Lacrimas Profundere – L'Âme Immortelle – Machinemade God – Maroon – Moonsorrow – Necrophobic – Nevermore – Nightrage – Oomph! – Pain – Poisonblack – Powerwolf – President Evil – Rage – Secrets of the Moon – Sirenia – Soulfly – Squealer A.D. – Suffocation – Swallow the Sun – Tankard – Tanzwut – The Black Dahlia Murder – Volbeat – War from a Harlot's Mouth – Xandria

2008

14–16 August 2008

Cradle of Filth, Helloween, Subway to Sally, Six Feet Under, Paradise Lost, Arch Enemy, As I Lay Dying, Heaven Shall Burn, ASP, Kataklysm, H-Blockx, Soilwork, Exodus, Ensiferum, Anathema, Primordial, Primal Fear, Marduk, End of Green, Korpiklaani, Destruction, Pro-Pain, Eluveitie, Sonic Syndicate, the Wildhearts, Dismember, Behemoth, Neaera, Saltatio Mortis, Emil Bulls, The Vision Bleak, Graveworm, Keep of Kalessin, Cult of Luna, Megaherz, Mad Sin, Autumn, Endstille, Orphaned Land, Born from Pain, 3 Inches of Blood, Hollenthon, Aborted, Schelmish, All Ends, Týr, Hail of Bullets, Onslaught, Mustasch, The Rotted, Novembre, Dark Fortress, Cephalic Carnage, Jesus on Extasy, Shadow Reichenstein, Blood Red Throne, Rotten Sound, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Midnattsol, Misery Speaks, Fleshcrawl, Despised Icon, Lay Down Rotten, Hackneyed, Sworn, Debauchery, Textures, Månegarm, Negură Bunget, Dark Age, XIV Dark Centuries, Heidevolk, Enemy of the Sun, Ahab, The Old Dead Tree, Anima, Beloved Enemy, Nmemine, Hacride, Agrypnie, Drone, Misanthrope, Kissin' Dynamite

2009

13–15 August 2009

2010

19–21 August 2010

2011

18–20 August 2011

2012

16–18 August 2012

2013

15–17 August 2013

2014

14–16 August 2014

2015

12-15 August 2015[7]

2016

17-20 August 2016[8]

2017

16–19 August 2017

2018

15–18 August 2018 [9]

Publications

DVDs

Tracks

  1. Gurd – Older But Wiser
  2. Brainstorm – Blind Suffering
  3. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Gone
  4. Amon Amarth – Bleed For Ancient Gods
  5. Soilwork – Flame Out
  6. End of Green – Highway 69
  7. Bloodflowerz – Diabolic Angel
  8. Emil Bulls – Symphony Of Destruction
  9. Sentenced – Blood & Tears
  10. Hypocrisy – The Final Chapter
  11. Vader – Xeper
  12. Ektomorf – Fire
  13. Pro-Pain – Fuck It
  14. Prime Sth. – From The Inside
  15. Paradise Lost – True Belief
  16. Nightwish – The End Of All Hope
  17. Stormwitch – Tears By The Firelight
  18. Samael – Jupiterian Vibe

CDs

  • Various Artists – Summer Breeze vs. Metal Blade (Promo CD, 2004)

(This CD was given out at the 2004 festival.) Tracks

  1. Six Feet Under – Blind & Gagged
  2. Brainstorm – Doorway To Survive
  3. Vomitory – Gore Apocalypse
  4. Disillusion – And The Mirror Cracked
  5. Fleshcrawl – Flesh Bloody Flesh
  6. Criminal – Aberration
  7. Fragments Of Unbecoming – The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway
  8. Gorerotted – Masticated By The Spasticated
  9. Monstrosity – The Exordium
  10. Nasty Savage – Psycho, Psycho
  11. Torchbearer – Sown Are The Seeds Of Death
  12. Cannibal Corpse – Decency Defied
  13. Symphorce – Tears
  14. Shining Fury – Speed Of Life
  • Various Artists – Summer Breeze 2005 (Promo CD, 2005)

(This CD was given out at the 2005 festival.)

Tracks

  1. End of Green – Dead End Hero
  2. Born From Pain – The New Hate
  3. Korpiklaani – Hunting Song
  4. Powerwolf – Kiss Of The Cobra King
  5. Wintersun – Beyond The Dark Sun
  6. Enthroned – Crimson Legions
  7. Ektomorf – Show Your Fist
  8. Midnattsol – Another Return
  9. Koroded – T.A.B.O.B.A.
  10. Disbelief – Rewind It All
  11. Symphorce – No Shelter
  12. Anorexia Nervosa – Worship Manifesto
  13. Such A Surge – Was jetzt?
  14. Draconian – Death, Come Near Me
  15. Impious – Wicked Saints
  16. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Eruption
  17. God Dethroned – Last Zip Of Spit
  18. Barcode – No Lust For Life
  19. Therion – Typhon

References

  1. ↑ "Rückblick 2004" (in German). Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rückblick 2005" (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rückblick 2006" (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "In Extremo News".
  5. ↑ "BLITZKID - SUMMER BREEZE Photo Gallery". community.summer-breeze.de. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "MAD SIN, HACKNEYED, BLITZKID Confirmed for Germany's Summer Breeze Festival".
  7. ↑ "Summer Breeze 2015 Line-up".
  8. ↑ "Summer Breeze 2016 Line-up".
  9. ↑ "Summer Breeze 2018 Lineup".
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